Talmud zu Tehillim 91:78

“One gives burnt ashes³The Mishnah explicitly excludes dust which is not ash. on top of the Ark.” Because of with him I am in trouble⁷Ps.91:15. Babli 15b.. Rebbi Ze`ira said, any time that I saw them doing this my body shuddered. In the days of Rebbi Ila they left the Ark standing and went away. Rebbi Ze`ira said to him, was it not stated: they should not take turns during the day but one person should sit there and watch it during the entire day⁸One has to date the abolition of this ceremony to his days.?

Rebbi Ḥalaphta ben Shaul²⁴⁴An Amora of the first generation, of the collectors of baraitot. In the Babli, he mostly appears as Rebbi Taḥlipha ben Shaul. The section here is a continuation of the discussion of respect due to either places of holiness (the synagogue) or acts of holiness (prayer). stated: It is a bad sign if one lets wind during one’s prayer. That means on one’s bottom, but not on one’s top. This parallels what Rebbi Ḥanina said: I saw Rebbi yawning, belching, putting his hand on his mouth, but not spitting²⁴⁵In the Babli (24a/b), R. Ḥanina reports that he saw Rebbi spitting; this is permitted in the Babli only for people who were disgusted if they had to spit into their garments.. Rebbi Yoḥanan said, one may even spit so that one’s cup²⁴⁶I. e., one’s mouth. should be clean; forward is forbidden, behind oneself is permitted²⁴⁷In the Babli (24b) this is reported as an act of Rav Ashi, the first editor of the Babylonian Talmud. Its theoretical justification must be sought here in the Yerushalmi.. To one’s right is forbidden, to one’s left is permitted; that is what is written (Ps. 91: 7): “On your left hand side will fall a thousand.²⁴⁸As usual, the real argument is from the later part of the verse which is not quoted: “On your left hand side will fall a thousand, but ten thousand on your right hand side.” Hence, the right hand side is ten times as important as the left hand side.” Everybody agrees about one who spits toward the stele²⁴⁹Greek στήλη. The stele in the synagogue was the pulpit on which the Torah scroll was laid for reading and was a place of particular holiness [Cf. Y. Brand, Iẓṭeli n, Lĕšōnēnū 32 (5728), 276–277]. This passage appears in many corrupt versions in early medieval rabbinic authors (e. g., R. Abraham bar David and the student of Rabbenu Jonah) and has given rise to many phantastic conjectures., that he is forbidden to do so. Rebbi Joshua ben Levi says, he who spits in the synagogue is like one who spits into his own eye²⁵⁰A parallel in the Babli (24b) states “he is as if he spat out before the king.”. Rebbi Jonah spat and rubbed out. Rebbi Jeremiah, Rebbi Samuel bar Ḥalaphta in the name of Rav Ada bar Aḥava: He who prayed should not spit until he walked four cubits. Rebbi Yose bar Rebbi Abun said, similarly he who spat should not pray until he walked four cubits.

The lion has six names: Aryeh, Kefir, Lavi, Layish, Shakhal, and Shakhatz.